Should I buy this or quake 3 arena?

[Jacob]

Looking to get into the multiplayer aspect of quake, decedent which one to get, which has more players and hoe does joining servers work? Thanks

[Ypulse]

Qlive
also maybe u will like better the new unreal tournament, its different from quake, but still arena fps and its free

[HanzoHasashiSan]

Quake Live, easily. Beats Q3 in absolutely every aspect possible: more players, more mods, maps, and other content. The Quake community is pretty much centered around this game right now and all the major tournaments (like Quakecon) play Quake live instead of 3. The graphics are better, the interface too, weapon balance is smarter, idk, I could just go on...

If I'd have to think of a downside of QL then only the fact that there is no blood/gore compared to Q3, yet that is. It should come with a DLC...

[profile name]

Get q3a. And on gog, avoid the steam QL bs.

[OG Formosity]

Quake Live.

[Cat]

Originally posted by NADE^2M HanzoHa^4sashiSan:

more players, more mods, maps, and other content.

1 out of 4 correct. >_>

Anyway, finding people to play with in Q3A will be difficult as the Quake community is playing Quake Live. Also, Q3A was not built for modern systems; basic things like widescreen resolutions and 1000Hz mice will cause issues in Q3A that are fixed in QL.

Old OSP/CPMA/RA3 content is also being brought to QL via Steam Workshop, so while it currently doesn't have as much content as Q3A, that is slowly changing. You already see a bunch of old RA3 maps being voted in various Clan Arena servers by Q3 veterans (they'd be voted more often if they had actual names instead of all being hard-to-remember letter/number combinations).

[HanzoHasashiSan]

Originally posted by Cat:

Originally posted by NADE^2M HanzoHa^4sashiSan:

more players, more mods, maps, and other content.

1 out of 4 correct. >_>

Anyway, finding people to play with in Q3A will be difficult as the Quake community is playing Quake Live. Also, Q3A was not built for modern systems; basic things like widescreen resolutions and 1000Hz mice will cause issues in Q3A that are fixed in QL.

Old OSP/CPMA/RA3 content is also being brought to QL via Steam Workshop, so while it currently doesn't have as much content as Q3A, that is slowly changing. You already see a bunch of old RA3 maps being voted in various Clan Arena servers by Q3 veterans (they'd be voted more often if they had actual names instead of all being hard-to-remember letter/number combinations).

Well if you mean ALL custom content that was ever created for Q3, then yea, it has more. But let's be real here - you have more chances of getting all that in QL nowadays than in Q3 if you actually wanna play with someone, QL is just catching up with custom content made for Q3 but when it's done I see no point in getting Q3.

[Catalion]

Arena is empty.

[.Dreams]

Originally posted by Catalion:

Arena is empty.

QL not ? lol
Maybe 500 players more, they are not so many.

[Cat]

Originally posted by A.I. Critical_Error:

Originally posted by Catalion:

Arena is empty.

QL not ? lol
Maybe 500 players more, they are not so many.

500 players more would be approximately 500 times more. >_>

[.Dreams]

Originally posted by Cat:

500 players more would be approximately 500 times more. >_>

Yes, there is no doubt about this. QL certainly has more players.
What i mean is that both have a few players and there isn't a difference so abysmal in my opinion.
I do not want to make a comparison with other FPS, but there are games that have over 100,000 players.
Anyway, as regards the choice between QL and Q3A, i would not know what to suggest...
I think they are very similar, it's just a matter of taste.

[OG Formosity]

There literally is no choice to be made here...unless you are the type of person who still plays games on a 1990 PC then by all means go for the crappier game. If not, QL is the only choice between these two.

[.Dreams]

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

There literally is no choice to be made here..

This is what you think

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

unless you are the type of person who still plays games on a 1990 PC then by all means go for the crappier game.

Stupid response of a nerd or child who gets to buy everything thanks to his parents...
Another demonstration that my review was not so aloof from reality.
Thx !

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

If not, QL is the only choice between these two.

And again... This is what you think
I'm out of this topic
/quit

[OG Formosity]

Originally posted by A.I. Critical_Error:

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

There literally is no choice to be made here..

This is what you think

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

unless you are the type of person who still plays games on a 1990 PC then by all means go for the crappier game.

Stupid response of a nerd or child who gets to buy everything thanks to his parents...
Another demonstration that my review was not so aloof from reality.

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

If not, QL is the only choice between these two.

And again... This is what you think
I'm out of this topic
/quit

It's not just what I think it's the logical choice. I mean choosing Q3 over QL nowaday would be like choosing Nissan over a Lambo. The choice is always there it just wouldn't make any sense.

[AN BIFFED ELF!!!!]

Originally posted by A.I. Critical_Error:

Originally posted by ^7T2 ^7Ƥᶫa^6ý^5à:

There literally is no choice to be made here..

This is what you think

Quake3 master server has been shut down for at least a month now rendering Q3 effectively dead.